Author's Note: This is word emphasis
This is conversations between Jinchuriki and their bijuu
This is book, song, movie, video game titles and anything that is copy written
Alola is going to be in a different time zone from Kanto, fyi. I'm thinking it's late evening for Koga.
Chapter 12
Pewter City:
Akumu was sitting on Ash's shoulder in the stands of the Contest Hall in Pewter City while Naruko was backstage with the rest of her team. Kushina remained firmly in her Luxury Ball as Naruko knew damned well Vulpix were hard to find in the wild here in Kanto. Sure Murkrow weren't native, but they were common in other regions along with Poochyena. Izanami was beyond ready to show what she was capable of. Naruko had watched a lot of Contests, and thanks to Shino she now had Ball Capsules and Seals. Izanami's Ball was already in a Capsule, and Naruko had placed Flora Seal C on it. This Seal would unleash a shower of purple flower petals, and Izanami had quickly figured out how to add them into her appeal too. Naruko had a bag of rocks to dump onto the stage as well.
Ash, Shino, Pikachu, and Akumu watch all the Appeals that were going on. There was a slightly older male dressed in clothes that made him look like a Cacturne. He used a Spinarak for his Appeal, and Shino scoffs. This Harley character obviously did not know how to care for Bug Type Pokémon. That Spinarak was subpar at best, and this was coming from an Aburame, they knew their bugs, and Bug Types. " What's up, Shino? " Ash asks.
" The mandibles on that Spinarak are much too small, it's a much paler green than it should be, in short...it has a trainer that doesn't know what he's doing. " Shino says bluntly.
Ash wisely doesn't question this, as Shino happened to be their Bug Type expert. Shino grew up around Bug Types all this life, and was even a living hive, yeah, no questioning the Aburame on his opinion of a Bug Type. The next Appeal of note was a girl with slate gray hair that had a Kantonian Sandshrew. She had her Sandshrew use Sandstorm to polish several tarnished pieces of silver. She gets massive applause for this, even from the ever stoic Shino. Soon enough Naruko and Izanami were up, and the audience along with judges are in for a treat when Izanami appears on a flurry of purple flower petals. " Oh My, " Lilian Meridian says, " It seems newcomer Naruko Uzumaki has Ball Capsules and Seals normally only seen in Sinnoh. Her Poochyena cleverly used the purple flower petals to make her entrance even more spectacular. "
Naruko flings the bag of rocks just so to dump them in a ring around Izanami, and her Poochyena takes her cue, immediately using her tail to toss them up into the air even as she charges up Poison Fang. Izanami leaps up into the air after spinning around on the ground to gain momentum to destroy the rocks. Moments later slightly purple tinged pebbles drop to the ground in a perfect ring around Izanami, with the Poochyena turning a flip before sticking her landing, right in the center of the purple tinged pebbles. " Such an unconventional use of Poison Fang. Simply remarkable. "
" A very well thought out performance. Splendid. "
" It's obvious from the shine of Poochyena's coat that she is very well cared for. This shone through during the performance. Phenomenal. " Nurse Joy, the final judge says.
" Why are you not a Coordinator? " Shino asks Ash.
Ash smirks, " My paternal line has always had the minds of Coordinators and the Souls of Gym Battlers. Just being a Coordinator would bore me, I don't mind helping Naruko brainstorm, and I might enter a few Contests that aren't a part of the Kanto Grand Festival Circuit, but I like the idea of using my creativity in Gym Battles. I'm too much my father's son. "
" I see. " Shino answers.
There were a few more after Naruko, and they weren't surprised that she, the Cacturne clothes wearing male, and the slate gray haired female were among those that made it to the battle rounds. Akumu was watching everything going on with interest. He had only ever seen straight up battles, not what amounted to a Talent Show for pokémon moves. Cacturne boy beat his opponent using a Cacturne. The slate gray haired female beat her opponent with her Cubone as her opponent had sent out an Elektrike. Naruko also beats her opponent whom had the misfortune of sending out a Machop against Kuwa. One Gust boosted Aerial Ace KO'ed the Machop. The slate gray haired female, Chalcedony of Pewter City, whom Ash and Shino learn the name of finally, was up against Cacturne boy, whose name was apparently Harley, a Hoenn region native. When the battle begins Cubone spins her bone in front of herself to block the Razor Leaf, taking points away from Harley.
Shino quirks an eyebrow, " Chalcedony is a Coordinator whom bears watching. "
" Agreed, using Cubone's bone like that is thinking outside the box. Attacks missing in Contest Battles harm the one whom ordered them. What, Naruko watched a lot of Contests at my place. " Ash adds.
" Fair enough. " Shino says as Chalcedony beats Harley by making all of his attacks miss, and then nailing his Cacturne with Flamethrower, which Cubone could learn through TM 35. Ash cackles outright at this, Chalcedony might actually be fun to have around. He definitely wanted to talk to her though.
Naruko was up next and like previously with Smoke Seal B on the Ball Capsule calls out Kuwa in a towering black cloud. She happened to be a kunoichi in training, smoke bombs happened to be a ninja staple tool. Letting Kuwa out in a cloud a black smoke was a no brainer. Her smile was predatory as she damned well knew her opponent was using a Drowzee. Kuwa was immune to Psychic Type attacks, which meant the poor bastard facing her was so thoroughly boned, and he knew it too, " I forfeit. One Dark Pulse from that Murkrow will take out my Drowzee. "
" Dane of HopHopHop Town has withdrawn from the battle, " Lillian Meridian announces, " Naruko of Pallet Town will face Chalcedony of Pewter City. "
" May the best girl win, Naruko. " Chalcedony says.
" I liked how you thrashed Cacturne boy. Challenge me, Chalcedony. " Naruko replies.
Chalcedony smirks, " I did have fun handing Harley his ego. I hope to challenge you, you seem like a tricky one. "
Naruko just smiles as Lillian begins the battle between them. Chalcedony has her Cubone use Flamethrower and Naruko smirks in a rather worrying way. Ever since that fateful day, she and Kuwa had been working non-stop on dealing with fire attacks. Finding the TM for Icy Wind had been Lugia sent, " Icy Wind, let's go, Kuwa! "
The crowd is stunned to find out that an Icy Wind from Kuwa was more akin to Blizzard, especially considering how strong Kuwa's wing muscles happened to be. The Flamethrower and Blizzard like Icy Wind combine into a tornado before exploding outwards. " Kuwa/Cubone, use Protect! " Naruko and Chalcedony call out at the same time.
" Folks, the combination of those two attacks was enchantingly beautiful. It's clear that Naruko's Murkrow has very strong wing muscles to practically make Icy Wind look like Blizzard. Both trainers were quick to order Protect as well. Folks, this Contest Battle promises to be a very interesting five minutes, as Naruko's creative use of Icy Wind did take some serious points from Chalcedony. "
Ash whistles in the stands, and Akumu meows happily at what he was seeing. His new trainer was obviously strong, even if she didn't battle in the traditional way. It was the catcall of a familiar voice that has Ash realizing that Leaf was obviously still in Pewter City as well. He did have to wonder where Mark, the aspiring Breeder happened to be, as quite frankly, until Gary's ego deflated enough he wanted nothing to do with him. Just then Cubone starts refusing to listen to Chalcedony's orders just as the steam starts to clear off. Chalcedony curses under her breath, " I concede, as I have nothing that can remove the Attract status from my Cubone. Well played, Naruko. "
" Hey, it's my job to be conniving and sneaky. It's not my fault only Hoenn has a proper counter for Attract, and that's the Red Flute. " Naruko says, " I have to admit, that Flamethrower would have been trouble, had Kuwa and I not worked extensively on Flame Type move counters. "
Shino and Ash both understood why she would do so as well, since being in the path of a Magmortar's, as Shino had confirmed, Fire Blast could not be a pleasant memory. Coming up with ways to deal with Fire Type moves only made sense when put in that context. Especially since Shino and his now Beedrill had been the targets of the man and his Magmortar. Naruko and Chalcedony shake hands before Lillian hands Naruko the Pewter City Ribbon. Naruko places it in her orange Ribbon Case, and walks backstage with Chalcedony, " Hey, would you like to meet my traveling companions? " Naruko asks her.
Chalcedony thinks this over, " That sounds good. Since I live here in Pewter City I haven't had to get my things together to go out on my journey yet. Sandshrew is my starter pokémon, and Cubone was given to me as an egg by my older sister. I've been able to train my team up within walking distance of Pewter City, and be back home before nightfall. "
" Makes sense. " Naruko admits, " Kuwa is actually my starter. Oh, I should ask, do you have problems with Beedrill? "
" Only that dealing with them in large numbers is a bitch, why? " Chalcedony asks her.
" One of my traveling companions loves all pokémon, but when my other traveling companion/surrogate brother and I saw him hauling ass away from a Beedrill we asked him why, and found out he's allergic to Beedrill stings. We don't know about Combee, Vespiquen, or Ribombee yet. " Naruko deadpans.
Chalcedony winces, " That would have to suck. "
The girls gather their things up and head outside, Naruko leading them to Ash and Shino. Akumu leaps over onto her shoulder once she's close enough, " He liked the Contest. " Ash informs Naruko, " Hey, I'm Ash Ketchem from Pallet Town, beside me is Shino Aburame, also of Pallet Town. "
" Chalcedony of Pewter City. Should I give you three a tour that only a Pewter City native could? "
" That would be most agreeable. " Shino says, " Your Appeals Round was very good. "
Chalcedony smiles shyly, " Thanks, took a while to get that just right too. "
" I'll bet, Izanami, Naruko's Poochyena, had to do a lot of tail and jaw strengthening to get her Appeals Round performance just right as well. " Ash admits.
" True, so many jaw strengthening toys, though it should be a snap to teach her Iron Tail now. Her tail should be strong enough. " Naruko says.
Tanzaku Town:
Tsunade's eyes gleam while she was out sparring with her Hariyama as she happened to spot a Normal Type Meowth. Meowth would make paying her debts down that much easier. The Meowth lines were the only ones that learned Pay Day naturally. Tsunade doesn't even hesitate to throw a Quick Ball at the Meowth, and once it was caught creates a Shadow Clone to go get it. She had left another Shadow Clone to check on her current patient. She was going to make damned certain Itachi was back to fighting form before she released him from her care. She calls out her Steelix to use Rock Throw to throw boulders towards her and Hariyama. She needed to whip her ass back into proper fighting shape, oh, she never let her skills atrophy, but now she needed to be a proper kunoichi again. Learning that Madara was still alive...yeah, she needed to be at her very best.
She does call out her Meowth, after discerning gender, and discovering what his base stats were, sets him to work with her Audino. In a different location Shizune is also training hardcore, sparring with her Emboar while training the rest of her team up. Her Sylveon alerts her to the fact that there happened to be a male Nidoran nearby. Shizune was very quick to catch an actual Poison Type, which would be invaluable in helping her create new poisons and antidotes. Learning that someone long thought dead at her shishou's grandfather's hands was still alive meant that they needed to be ready, that meant creating antidotes to poisons that didn't have them yet, and creating all new biological weapons as well. She had always wanted a Poison Type. Once she calls her new male Nidoran out she puts him through his paces to learn his base stats, and then she could see how she needed to train him. Though she would need to get a hold of a Moonstone at some point to evolve him to his highest form of Nidoking.
Before she did that she would have to do everything she could to get his speed boosted as high as it could go. Nidoking weren't the speediest of pokémon, so every bit of training she could do to boost his speed was vital.
Konoha, Training Ground 44, The Forest of Death:
Anko was starting to get seriously frustrated as she had yet to find the ever elusive Ditto. On the plus side this was giving her team time to bond with all of her new team members, not just her new Bulbasaur. She would have that Ditto, dammit! No one else was crazy enough to actually train in her personal playground bar from when the Chunin Exams took place. She was very well versed in how to survive in the Forest of Death, and this was also allowing her new Bulbasaur to get some hardcore training in as well. She let her baby handle the lower leveled pokémon that cropped up, and was actually crowing when she got to catch an Oddish. She had always wanted to get ahold of Gloom and Vileplume's Stun Spore, of which the only known cure was Salveyo Weed, which one needed a Poliwag to find. For some unknown reason Cheri Berries, Paralyze Heals, Full Heals, and Full Restores did not touch the Paralysis caused by Gloom and Vileplume's Stun Spore.
Tsunade had even done extensive studies to try and find out why. Apparently it was an evolutionary quirk in the Oddish line oddly enough. Her new Oddish is apparently female, and Anko was really hoping her new Oddish would want to be a Vileplume as Bellossom was pure Grass Type. Now, to find herself a Ditto, she was not leaving until she had a Ditto! She'd already put in for three days off, which she was sure had their prisoners weeping in relief. They'd rather deal with Ibiki or Inoichi than her! Give them the mental torture or Inoichi literally rummaging around in their heads over Konoha's Sadistic Snake Bitch any day! Well, except those from Suna/Sand. They were more terrified of their own Jinchuriki, then again it was their own damned fault for using an inferior seal, and more to the point trying to kill him off all the time as well. Gaara was well known as a Ground Type specialist, and his Hippopotas was not a pokémon to underestimate. Gaara loved the Sandstream Ability. Sand nin would take Anko over Gaara any day of the week
Mt. Chimney, Magma Pool, Hoenn:
Groudon observes the boy whom had gotten stuck with the Ichibi, and his eyes narrow thoughtfully. Perhaps it was time the Elemental Nations were firmly reminded that Jinchuriki were not weapons, but living beings? He would remove Gaara from the Elemental Nations, put him and the Ichibi in stasis, and drop him off with the Uzumaki in the Whirl Islands to fix his seal. Then he would see about what to do next. That seal absolutely needed to be fixed first.
Lostlorn Forest, Unova:
Genesect clicks its mandibles in irritation, the Jinchuriki of the Nanabi, Chomei, did not deserve how she was being treated. Genesect may not have been able to act quickly enough to save one of those under their protection previously, but they could do something about this one. Fuu was not going to suffer much longer if they had anything to say about it. Hm, perhaps relocating her to Kanto would work. No, it would be best to send her to Santalune City in Kalos. There she could be nurtured as a Bug Type Specialist, maybe even become a Gym Trainer at the Gym as well. No longer would Genesect sit back and do nothing at the treatment of the Nanabi Jinchuriki. The humans of the Elemental Nations needed to learn that the Jinchuriki were not what they contained! Idiot humans, why they must be so irritating Genesect had no clue.
Naruko's Pokémon:
Kuwa- female Murkrow
Raiu- male Chinchou
Bōfū- male Gyarados
Izanami- female Poochyena
Rattata- male(traded to Professor Kukui)
Kushina- female Vulpix
Akumu- male Alolan Meowth
Zorua Egg
Eevee Egg
Shino's Pokémon:
Beedrill- male
Krabby- male
Poochyena- male
Shiny Butterfree- female
Kricketot- male
Heracross- Male
Ledyba-female(at Oak's Lab)
Spinarak-male(at Oak's Lab)
Pineco- male(at Oak's Lab)
Horsea x5- (at Oak's Lab)
Rattata-(traded to Professor Kukui)
Dewpider- male(at Oak's Lab)
Kricketot x4-(at Oak's Lab)
Eevee Egg
Ash's Pokémon:
Pikachu- male
Tentacool- female
Chinchou- female(at Oak's Lab)
Magikarp- male
Poochyena- male
Butterfree- male
Dunsparce- shiny female(inactive team)
Pidgeotto- female
Rattata-(traded to Professor Kukui)
Alolan Rattata- female(at Oak's Lab)
Nidoran- female(at Oak's Lab)
Riolu- Female(baby)
Eevee Egg
Obito:
Infernape- male
Combusken- female
Camerupt- female
Zorua- shiny female
Mienfoo Egg
Anko:
Gengar- male
Misdreavus- female
Muk- male
Tentacruel- male
Garbodor- male
Amoongus- female
Nidoran- male
Qwilfish- male
Gulpin- male
Stunky- male
Koffing- male
Bulbasaur- Female
Oddish- Female
Itachi:
Turtonator- male
Weavile- female
Incineroar- female
Talonflame- male
Ralts- male
Tsunade:
Blissey- female
Audino- female
Wigglytuff- female
Steelix- male
Hariyama- female
Meowth- male
Shizune:
Emboar- female
Comfey- female
Mamoswine- male
Sylveon- female
Nidoran- male
Gaara:
Hippopotas- female
Sandile- male
Sandshrew- male
Herdier-female
Fuu:
Scatterbug- female
Wurmple- male
Shuckle- male
Minato:
Gallade- male
Kushina:
Ninetails- male
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